The tag evaluates a test XPath expression and if it is true, it processes its body. If the test condition is false, the body is ignored.AttributeThe tag has the following attributes −AttributeDescriptionRequiredDefaultselectThe XPath expression to be evaluatedYesNonevarName of the variable to store the condition's resultNoNonescopeScope of the variable specified in the var attributeNoPageExampleFollowing is an example that show the use of the tag −           JSTL x:if Tags               Books Info:                           ... Read More

The tag sets a variable to the value of an XPath expression.If the XPath expression results in a boolean, tag sets a java.lang.Boolean object; for a string, java.lang.String; and for a number, java.lang.Number.AttributeThe tag has the following attributes −AttributeDescriptionRequiredDefaultvarA variable that is set to the value of the XPath expressionYesBodyselectThe XPath expression to be evaluatedNoNonescopeScope of the variable specified in the var attributeNoPageExampleFollowing example will show how to use the tag −           JSTL Tags               Books Info:           ... Read More

The tag displays the result of an XPath expression. It functions the same as JSP syntax.AttributeThe tag has the following attributes −AttributeDescriptionRequiredDefaultselectXPath expression to evaluate as a string, often using XPath variablesYesNoneescapeXmlTrue if the tag should escape special XML charactersNotrueExampleLet us take an example which will cover the tags (a) , (b) .           JSTL x:out Tags               Books Info:                                                 ... Read More

The tag is used to parse the XML data specified either via an attribute or in the tag body.AttributeThe tag has the following attributes −AttributeDescriptionRequiredDefaultvarA variable that contains the parsed XML dataNoNonexmlText of the document to parse (String or Reader)NoBodysystemIdThe system identifier URI for parsing the documentNoNonefilterThe filter to be applied to the source documentNoNonedocXML document to be parsedNoPagescopeScope of the variable specified in the var attributeNoPagevarDomA variable that contains the parsed XML dataNoPagescopeDomScope of the variable specified in the varDom attributeNoPageExampleThe following example shows how parse can be used to read the external XML file −We have ... Read More

The JSTL XML tags provide a JSP-centric way of creating and manipulating the XML documents. Following is the syntax to include the JSTL XML library in your JSP.The JSTL XML tag library has custom tags for interacting with the XML data. This includes parsing the XML, transforming the XML data, and the flow control based on the XPath expressions.Before you proceed with the examples, you will need to copy the following two XML and XPath related libraries into your \lib −XercesImpl.jar − Download it from https://www.apache.org/dist/xerces/j/xalan.jar − Download it from https://xml.apache.org/xalan-j/index.htmlRead More

The tag is used to group the and tags into transactions. You can put as many and tags as statements inside the tag to create a single transaction.It ensures that the database modifications performed by the nested actions are either committed or rolled back if an exception is thrown by any nested action.AttributeThe tag has the following attributes −AttributeDescriptionRequiredDefaultdataSourceDatabase connection to use (overrides the default)NoDefault databaseisolationTransaction isolation (READ_COMMITTED, READ_UNCOMMITTED, REPEATABLE_READ, or SERIALIZABLE)NoDatabase’s defaultExampleTo start with the basic concept, let us create a Students table in the TEST database and create a few records ... Read More

The tag is used as a nested action for the and the tag to supply a date and time value for a value placeholder. If a null value is provided, the value is set to SQL NULL for the placeholder.AttributeThe tag has the following attributes −AttributeDescriptionRequiredDefaultValueValue of the date parameter to set (java.util.Date)NoBodytypeDATE (date only), TIME (time only), or TIMESTAMP (date and time)NoTIMESTAMPExampleTo start with basic concept, let us create a simple table Students table in the TEST database and create a few records in that table as follows −Step 1Open a Command Prompt and change ... Read More

The tag used as a nested action for the tag and the tag to supply a value for a value placeholder. If a null value is provided, the value is set to SQL NULL for the placeholder.AttributeThe tag has the following attributes −AttributeDescriptionRequiredDefaultValueValue of the parameter to setNoBodyExampleTo start with the basic concept, let us create an Employees table in the TEST database and create few records in that table as follows −Step 1Open a Command Prompt and change to the installation directory as follows −C:\> C:\>cd Program Files\MySQL\bin C:\Program Files\MySQL\bin>Step 2Login to the database as ... Read More

The tag executes an SQL statement that does not return data; for example, SQL INSERT, UPDATE, or DELETE statements.AttributeThe tag has the following attributes −AttributeDescriptionRequiredDefaultsqlSQL command to execute (should not return a ResultSet)NoBodydataSourceDatabase connection to use (overrides the default)NoDefault databasevarName of the variable to store the count of affected rowsNoNonescopeScope of the variable to store the count of affected rowsNoPageExampleTo start with basic concept, let us create a simple table Employees table in the TEST database and create few records in that table as follows −Step 1Open a Command Prompt and change to the installation directory as follows ... Read More

The tag executes an SQL statement that does not return data; for example, SQL INSERT, UPDATE, or DELETE statements.AttributeThe tag has the following attributes −AttributeDescriptionRequiredDefaultsqlSQL command to execute (should not return a ResultSet)NoBodydataSourceDatabase connection to use (overrides the default)NoDefault databasevarName of the variable to store the count of affected rowsNoNonescopeScope of the variable to store the count of affected rowsNoPageExampleTo start with basic concept, let us create a simple table Employees table in the TEST database and create few records in that table as follows −Step 1Open a Command Prompt and change to the installation directory as follows ... Read More